Merry Christmas! Well early Christmas...Thanks for MOST of the reviews. There were two I didn't really appreciate but that's a different story. I've figured out most of my reviews average to about 6-8 reviews per chapter. I'm not mad about that….. I've just been in a bad mood because I've got my two first flames. But I'll get over it. Hopefully that doesn't affect this chapter. Another thing, this chapter is sort of like 3 years and 13 days (which is written by moi) but in this story Sharpay and Gabriella aren't friends. Period. They are enemies.

Disclaimer: I do not own the HSM characters or the homework Troy and Gabriella did.

Recap:

"What?" He mumbled half asleep. "I'm scared." I whispered. He must've been fully awake because he turned back around and looked at me with his blue eyes. "What do you want me to do?" He complained. No, he was still half asleep. "Can you hold me?" I asked. He let out a sigh and nodded. I climbed into the bed and pulled the covers over me. "Thank you." I said as I dug deeper into the covers. I felt one of his arms go over the arch of my back. I giggled softly. This is how my life was supposed to be.

NEXT MORNING AUDRINA'S POV

"Wake up!" I yelled in Adriana's room. "Listen I have big news about mom and dad." I said. She quickly shot up from her bed. "I'm awake." She said as she turned to face me. "Yesterday night….they slept together." I exclaimed. "How would you know that? I mean that's really personal." Adriana explained. "Well its going to determine whether our parents get back together." I said. She rolled her eyes at me.

Chapter 8

A jealous ex with a plan

SHARPAY'S POV

"How could he let me leave and keep that…that...that…whatever her name is!" I exclaimed. Ryan looked at me confused. "He doesn't know what he lost. He doesn't know it. All he needs to do is realize he doesn't love her." I explained. "Her name is…Gabriella." Ryan explained to me. " I could care less about what her name is. Troy Bolton needs me not her. He's just confused that he saw her again and she's messing up his mind up." I started to think about it. I began to tap my nails against the glass counter top. "Shar, what are you thinking about?" He asked me. "If I can get Gabriella to think Troy doesn't love her……My problem is fixed." I said as I thought of it. "How are you going to do that?" Ryan asked me. "Simple, We'll just……"

TROY'S POV

"I know!" I laughed as the doorbell rang. "I'll get that." I offered as I got up. The girls followed close behind. I opened the door and saw the person I least expected. Sharpay. "Sharpay? What are you doing here?" Audrina asked. Sharpay tucked a stand of hair behind her ear and walked further in the house. "I'm here to win my man back." She explained proudly. I let out a sigh. "Sharpay, I'm not your-" Her lips smashed against mine.

GABRIELLA'S POV

I stood up from the chair and began to walk towards the door. The girls had followed Troy to open the door and they had been there for a couple of minutes. "Sharpay!" I said. She quickly pulled away from Troy. " Oh hi Gabriella." Sharpay greeted innocently. "What the hell Sharpay? You were just kissing my-Troy!" I exclaimed. She looked at me confused when I said my. "I guess my work here is done." She said picking up her purse and going out the open door.

"Troy…Troy…" I started. "Look, Gabriella I swear I have the- Save it. I don't wanna talk to you right now." I interrupted. He opened his mouth to say something but I began to walk out the open front door. "Wait, Mom!" I heard Adriana yell out in the distance. I kept walking down the sidewalk with no idea where I was going. "Mom!" Adriana's voice got closer and closer. "W-Wait!" She panted. I stopped and turned around. "Don't you think you are overreacting just a little?" She asked. I knew what she was trying to do. " Adriana don't try to convince me to go back. I just need to take a walk whether its with you or without you." I explained.

"Well its cold. Why don't we go to someone's house?" She offered. " Adriana…" I said. "Look daddy says you and Aunt Taylor were best friends. She lives just down the street." She pointed out. She called Troy daddy. I didn't have a problem with that but I was not sure if I was ready for that yet. "Okay let's go." I gave in.

AUDRINA'S POV

I watched my dad pace and pace. I wanted to go talk to Adriana but I didn't think he'd let me. Sharpay said she wasn't coming back in some time and she would think about her and my dad. But I never thought she would be plotting a plan against us. She's probably just getting Adriana and me back for breaking her and my dad up. Sharpay wasn't right for my dad anyway. "Daddy?" I asked. He stopped pacing and faced me. " I'll be back. I need to go to my thinking place and…. think." He said grabbing his coat. "Wait…. Can I" He already closed the door. I grabbed my coat and opened the door. I was going to go to Aunt Taylor's house and go talk to her.

GABRIELLA'S POV

"Are you sure this is the house?" I asked looking up at the front door. "Yes. Audrina and me come here all the time." She explained to me. I pressed the doorbell. " Who is- Oh my gosh? Is that you Gabriella?" Taylor asked as she opened the door. " Yeah. After 12 years yeah its me." I said sarcastically. "Hey Adriana." She said to Adriana. " You look down…what's wrong?" Taylor asked as I walked inside her house. "I'm okay." I sighed. "Wait one second." She said as she walked towards the door.

AUDRINA'S POV

" Hi Aunt Taylor!" I said. She greeted me with a smile. "Hey. Adriana's here. Did you guys have a fight?" She asked as she invited me in. "Well we didn't have a fight. Mom and a dad did." I said. "You mean…. Troy and Gabriella are back together?" She asked as her eyes widened. I continued to walk into her living room. "Hi mom." I said as I sat next to Adriana. I knew Adriana would be here.

"Mom before you say anything, let us explain." I compromised. She sat back and nodded. "Okay. First of all dad's gone. Second of all, all of this is Sharpay's fault. She's the one who kissed dad." I explained. " Typical Sharpay." Aunt Taylor murmured. " I know Troy wouldn't just do something like that. I just really don't wanna talk to him right now." She concluded. I looked over at Adriana. " But you have to. He'll forgive you." Adriana added. " I know he will maybe, but I'm just I guess jealous." She explained. "Are you serious? Your jealous because Troy..Er..Sharpay kissed Troy?" Aunt Taylor said.

Mom nodded. "I know it's hard to believe. Its kind hard for me because I think…I think maybe I'm falling back in love with Troy?" She confessed. "Well I think you should go talk to him." Aunt Taylor advised. Adriana and I nodded in agreement. "It's a good idea but I don't know where he is." I explained. "I know where he is." She said.

TWENTY MINTUES LATER -GABRIELLA'S POV

I rang the doorbell. "Gabriella! We haven't seen you in…years. How are you , dear?" Mrs. Bolton asked. "I'm fine. So is Adriana and Audrina. Hey did Troy come around?" I asked cutting straight to the point. "Yeah. He seemed a little depressed. I swear after you left he hasn't been the same person." Mrs. Bolton explained. "Thanks. That's all I need to know." I thanked.

Mrs. Bolton let me in the house and I walked past his old room. Memories came flooding back to me.

Flashback

"S-S-Stop Troy!" I laughed as he continued to tickle me. He climbed off me and I finally stopped laughing. "Gosh…you know how much I hate it when you do that to me." I explained. He sat directly across from me on his bed. Its been a couple of months since we've started to date and I was pretty sure we were a good couple. He hadn't cheated on me like other people expected him to. I was just waiting till the day he finally said he loved me.

"Okay back to homework." I explained as he groaned. "Genetics is the study of how features are passed from parent to offspring through their genes. Physical characteristics are inherited by children from their parents." I began to read out of the science book. "So if we got married our children would probably have my hair and your eyes." I gave an example to Troy. "I wonder how'd that look?" He asked.

"I love you Troy." I blurted out. He looked at me. " What?" He asked. I trusted him enough to finally tell him but I guess it was a waste of my time. "I love you." I repeated. He sat closer to me. "I love you too, Gabriella." He whispered in my ear.

End of Flashback

I remembered that day clearly. Our first I love you's. I continued to walk down the hall until I reached the end. There was a doorknob and I opened it. Troy was lying on the floor letting out a sigh ever now and then. He must've been really depressed to be sighing. I walked next to him and laid next to him. "Hi." I said. He turned over and faced me. "If your going to be mad then I'd rather be yelled at then slapped." He explained. I let out a laugh.

"I'm not going to slap you. I just wanna talk." I said. "I'm not mad at you….I was just jea-jea-jealous." I finally said. He sat up. "You were jealous? Wow that's hard to believe." He said in disbelief. "I was jealous because you were kissing another girl. That was hard for me to see." I explained as I sat up with him. "Why would you be jealous that I was kissing another girl? We aren't dating. At least I don't think we are." He asked. " The answer to your first question is because I'm kind of falling back in love with you. And the answer to your second question is we aren't dating." I answered.

He thought for a minute. "What do you want us to be?" He asked. "I want us to be more than friends. Why don't we start over?" I offered. " Yeah. Let's do that." He agreed. Our lips touched gently then quickly pulled apart. "You smell good." He said out of nowhere. "Thanks. Wait, are you saying I used to smell?" I said offened. "No, you just smell really good." He said inhaling again. "Anyway, why don't we go find the girls. They 're probably worried." I said as I intertwined my fingers with Troy's.

How are the girl's going to react when Troy and Gabriella tell them they are dating?

This was a good chapter but it feels rushed. For some reason to me all my chapters feel so rushed and not detailed. I'm not sure if my bad mood affected this chapter…It's all up to you guys. The next chapter probably won't be up until December 29 or 30 because I have a lot of things to do to get prepared for Christmas. Oh and I got my MP3 Player for Christmas! Sorry, I just had to put that in here. Please Review!